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Refurb Renovation News is distributed to a unique circulation of over 15,000 key Issue 33 2018
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MP TAKES BEHIND THE SCENES LOOK AT WORK ON MAYFLOWER THEATRE’S £7.5M REFURBISHMENT
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A charming Grade II* Listed Tudor Building is brought up to 21st century standards
refurbishment, renovation and conservation specifiers and purchasers within the industry. The entire edition is also reproduced as a digital interactive magazine as an exact replica of the A4 glossy printed publication. This is sent out to a further 48,000 of the most up to date key refurbishment & renovation
Portsmouth’s creative quarter thrives with Kebony renovation
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Large Architecture Practices • Property Developers • Building/Refurbishment • Contractors • Housing Associations Issue 32 2018
Kemper System Delivers Roof Refurbishment to Art Deco Gem
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PENTHOUSE REFURBISHMENT FAR FROM TALL ORDER FOR KEMPER SYSTEM
Another Building at ‘risk’ is saved and gets the Selectaglaze treatment
SCHÖCK MAKES THERMALLY EFFICIENT BALCONY RETROFIT A REALITY
UNDERFLOOR AIR CONDITIONING UPGRADE FOR 16-18 KIRBY STREET BY AET FLEXIBLE SPACE
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ECOMERCHANT Wood fibre insulation ticks all the right boxes
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‘Unitised Systems for All’ by Wojciech Brożyna - MD
ALUPROF UK
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Circulation Broadgate Circle Bronze Anodised
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Powder coating has advanced a great deal over the years and offers exceptional quality for architectural aluminium profiles but, architects and specifiers are looking back to the base material itself and want to use it in its natural state.
Aluprof, one of the largest producers of aluminium fenestration systems in Europe, produce dies that are dedicated to each finish. The more expensive, often hand finished dies, are kept for anodising specifications. So what is anodising? In simple terms, it is a controlled ‘corrosion’ of the surface of the aluminium, turning aluminium into ‘aluminium oxide’ similar to iron oxide (rust) on steel. The difference with aluminium oxide is that once it has been created on the surface of the aluminium it completely seals the base aluminium from further corrosion, unlike steel. So anodising is not an applied finish but a conversion of the surface of the aluminium, so it will not peel or flake. Done to the right quality, the material life expectancy can last many decades and will not fade.
The Resurgence of Architectural Anodising Back in the 1970’s architectural aluminium, shopfronts, windows and curtain wall, was available in anodised finishes. These finishes were limited to silver, bronze and black.
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n the day, replacement window companies often offered a silver framed aluminium casement window set in a hardwood frame. The finish was exceptionally robust and if you look round today, some of these home improvement windows are still performing well. So why did we all but stop using anodised finishes?
In the commercial aluminium facade market, polyester powder coating gave architects the ability to use a wide range of bright colours in their designs. The ability of powder coating to ‘cover all’, including blemishes in the extrusion seems the perfect finish and, whilst few people would admit in the industry, aluminium dies were produced cheaper as the surface finish of the profile was often to be covered over with a sixty micron coating of ‘paint’. These same profiles, when used for anodising, often showed ‘die lines’ which whilst not unattractive, specifiers were not comfortable with. Powder coating quickly became more economic to apply than anodising and became the finish of choice. In an interesting turn more recently, the powder coat industry has introduced ‘anodic’ finishes to mimic anodised finishes.
As specifiers tend to specify shades of grey for the majority of fenestration projects, anodising can be specified in both bronze finish and shades of grey. Aluprof, one of the largest producers of aluminium fenestration systems in Europe, produce dies that are dedicated to each finish. The more expensive, often hand finished dies, are kept for anodising specifications. Another key to creating a good anodised finish is the ability to extrude and anodise within a short space of time, thereby reducing the opportunity for natural oxidisation beginning to occur. Aluprof extrude profile through these higher quality dies which offer higher quality surfaces free from ‘die lines’ and once etched and anodised offer a high quality surface which is both very hard wearing and long lasting. Anodising is also now becoming a choice for pretreatment of aluminium prior to powder coating. A very thin anodising of just five microns seals the aluminium prior to powder coating. This sealing or ‘conversion coating’ has traditionally been completed in chrome or chrome free coatings. The claim for the use of ‘pre-anodising’ or ‘flash anodising’ prior to powder coating is that it avoids the appearance of a type of corrosion known as filiform corrosion. Anodising plants are also very costly to design and install, utilising high voltage and specialist transformers to rapidly and evenly create an anodised finish. Because of its combined use of a finish in its own right and as a ‘conversion coating’ prior to powder coating, in the UK alone there has been two new anodising plants come on-line in the last couple of years with further plants planned.
As specifiers tend to specify shades of grey for the majority of fenestration projects, anodising can be specified in both bronze finish and shades of grey. This is created by the introduction of trace metals such as cobalt or tin during the anodising process. Interestingly, as the anodising is ‘clear’, the introduction of these metals forms an optical colour, which cannot fade over time. Crucial for specifiers is the knowledge that higher quality dies should be used for producing profiles for anodising and this is something that should find its way into specification for the finish.
Aluprof UK’s head office and extensive distribution centre is located in Altrincham, Cheshire. Aluprof systems are increasingly being specified on a wide range of residential and commercial projects across the UK including Passivhaus projects. Systems are designed, fabricated and installed by selected, specially trained local companies, to ensure each fabricated product meets Aluprof’s exacting standards. Further information is available on the company’s website at www.aluprof.eu and specialist advice is available directly from Aluprof’s UK offices on 0161 941 4005.
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WHAT THE BUILDER SAW Roger Bisby cleans up with the Allsaw from Addex.
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ust is a hot topic right now, with sites being closed while people sort out their extraction. For the smaller builder working in occupied houses dust has always been an issue – you simply can’t get away with it.
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Customers will often recommend you (or not) solely on the basis of how clean you were. A lot of this is because they don’t want their lovely home trashed, but from a health perspective we have a duty of care not to harm them, besides which we need them to pay the bills. If you are building a loft conversion or extension you can often arrange to remain outside the occupied zone until last knockings, but eventually the time comes when you have to break in. That knocking through is always the bit the client dreads and the best builders (that’s you, of course) plan that day like a military operation. By that I don’t mean getting a Howitzer and blasting a hole through the wall – I mean coming up with a strategy that looks professional and manages the dust effectively.
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Cutting in My approach on this job was to use an Allsaw from Addex to cut through the brickwork. This saw is a popular hire item for this kind of job. It is not suitable for engineering bricks and flettons, but it handles most other masonry. You have to get the technique right, which is to rock the blade around its curve rather than simply holding it on the wall. It takes a little longer than using a diamond blade on an angle grinder, but you cut all
RIBA registered Architects & Large Architecture Practices - 14% Property Developers - 9% Building/Refurbishment Contractors - 26%
My approach on this job was to use an Allsaw from Addex to cut through the brickwork. This saw is a popular hire item for this kind of job. It is not suitable for engineering bricks and flettons, but it handles most other masonry.
Housing Associations - 11% Local Authorities - 12%
Builders Merchants - 3% Health & Education Based Specifiers - 5%
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Staying with residential home improvement, in the 1980’s the new material on the market was PVC. Expensive at the time, the product offered good insulation and promised a long life with virtually no maintenance. Over the following decade the PVC revolution decimated the aluminium systems, despite white finishes becoming available for aluminium in both electrophoretic and polyester powder coating finishes.
So what about the ‘die lines’? Simply put, extrusion dies that have visible faces require more attention prior to use. These dies need to be polished and cleaned more regularly as the extrusion process can be quite abrasive on the surface of the die.
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the way through a 4in. skin, and you can hook up an M Class dust extractor. In this case that was the MaxVac, also sold by Addex. This kit of Allsaw and MaxVac will suck over 90 per cent of the dust clean away. That figure of 90 per cent is mine, and it is an estimate based upon what I have seen when I use it but, whatever the real figure is, it inevitably still leaves some dust floating around. To deal with that we used an Addex Dust Blocker 500 dust filter unit, which draws air through a three stage fan and blows it out the other side as clean as can be. The advantage of this approach is that it puts the screened off work area under a slight negative pressure so, instead of air leaking into the house, it is being drawn in through any gaps around the screen. To help the process we opened the front door to the house, which meant there was a steady flow of replacement air through the gaps around the screen. The unit is designed to be left running 24 hours, so it picks up any airborne dust. I find homeowners are really appreciative of this approach because it carries on cleaning long after we have gone home.
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Karndean Designflooring unveils new mixed material, oak and limestone designs as part of its Opus collection The UK’s market leader in luxury vinyl flooring Karndean Designflooring is expanding its stylish Opus collection with six new modern and contemporary hues including limed oak wood, shuttered concrete and limestone designs.
With the growing trend to match designs ‘room to room’ in separate rooms, open plan spaces and broken living areas, the new small tile design – available in Fumo and Argento - can be perfectly placed alongside the matching full stone tile and laid in a herringbone, block or brick laying pattern to bring an extra sense of style and interest to any room. Combining the natural characteristics of European Oak with a unique shuttered concrete look, Fabrica is thought provoking with its classic knots and crosssawn markings subtly displayed. The contemporary white tones can be ideal for creating a modern and clean décor. Ideal for home decorators looking for a soft and sophisticated finish with distinctive grain details, Columba and Avena are designed to offer a neutral limed palette suitable for any room.
Joining already popular grey and poured concrete designs, Opus welcomes – Fumo, Argento and Lutum – as its new limestone offering. Interestingly, Karndean’s in-house design team sourced the original piece of limestone whilst trekking local quarries throughout England, and successfully created three individual designs.
Most recognised for its modern greys and sleek designs, Opus is extremely popular with style conscious home decorators looking for a larger plank and tile design. The contemporary new hues will work perfectly in a wide range of décor schemes including Scandi, country and modern “We’re delighted to be adding new wood and stone designs to our popular Opus collection,” explains Stella Coyle, national retail sales manager of Karndean Designflooring.
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She said: “Most recognised for its modern greys and sleek designs, Opus is extremely popular with style conscious home decorators looking for a larger plank and tile design. The contemporary new hues will work perfectly in a wide range of décor schemes including Scandi, country and modern.
For more information visit karndean.com/opus2018
“Having the option to introduce a smaller tile designs in an alternative laying pattern against our matching full stone tile adds a new visual element to consider. Likewise, it’s an extra selling point for our independent retailers. “What’s more, there will be Point of Sale (POS) updates available from July for our independent retail network with existing stands.” Karndean Designflooring, Opus Fumo SP216
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esigned for home decorators looking for a sophisticated floor in an extra large plank (48” x 9”) and tile (18” x 24”) design, Opus also welcomes two exclusive (18” x 3”) small ‘herringbone’ tile designs for the first time.
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With a lifetime residential guarantee, Karndean’s updated Opus collection now features 13 woods, 12 stones and two small tiles.
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Combine nature and design with our new Opus collection and create authentic floors your customers will love for a lifetime. T: 01386 820200 | www.karndean.com
Available in a wide range of designs, colours, textures and formats Can be personalised with design strips or complementary borders
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